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• Monument@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My wife shared this with me yesterday, but I didn’t see it:

  A joke tweet with an attached image of a smart refrigerator. The refrigerator displays a blue screen of death. The tweet reads “I can’t even open my fridge.” Another tweet is replying to it, taking it seriously and indicating they do not embrace smart technology.

  Somebunny is gonna learn those things aren’t windows-based today!

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  • Peffse@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just yesterday I had that exact “Tech enthusiast vs tech worker” meme play out. I wanted a timer to control the electrical outlet for an aquarium bubbler. Saleswoman really wanted to sell me this “smart” controller with an app that can program the outlet.

    Me:“What happens when the app stops working?”

    (saleswoman is frantically flipping the box over for answers)

    Her:“…maybe…it keeps the existing timer?”

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve got about six smart plugs that all stopped working because of lack of support. I am no longer interested in smart plugs.

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      • Damage@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Shelly makes devices that are compatible with ESPHome and Tasmota, solving this problem.

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    • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For only way more time and money, you can buy a zigbee smart plug and a vendor agnostic zigbee hub flashed with FOSS, or you can buy a esp-based board, wire it up with a relay, and flash it with something like esphome.

      Sure, it’s way more money and hours of work (cumulatively), but it won’t lose support!

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      • 5redie8@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I just bought a bunch of TP Link equipment I knew was compatible and loaded up Home Assistant onto a Raspberry Pi. Best of both worlds

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My old thermostat was basically two teaspoons of mercury that would expand and contract with the temperature to short out two leads. They didn’t let me keep it when I got a new one, but I got the dumbest one they had.

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    • btaf45@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I got a new HVAC and smart thermostat about a week ago. After researching, I decided to hook thermostat to wifi and download app. Mostly all the app does is duplicate the same functionality that the thermostat controls have. I find it handy to have a remote control for the thermostat.

      OTOH I decided not to hook up a new washing machine to wifi and use app. It duplicated the functionality of the appliance controls also, but there was no point in having remove controls for a washing machine.

      The critical thing is that an appliance needs to be fully functional without needing to use wifi and certainly not a phone app.

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